What areas are in lockdown, who can travel outside their homes and who needs to wear a mask — here's what you need to to know about Brisbane's three-day lockdown.

National Cabinet agrees to a range of changes to try and prevent a more infectious strain of the coronavirus from finding its way into the Australian community again. Here's what they've decided to do. ...

Federal Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese is "shaken" and has been taken to hospital after a driver struck his car in Sydney's inner-west.

From tonight people living in Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, Moreton and Redlands will be required to stay home until Monday 6:00pm in a bid to stop the spread of the highly-infectious United Kingdom strain of the virus. ...

President Donald Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence made their marriage of political convenience work. But after an extraordinary 24 hours and the storming of the Capitol building, their relationship is more fragile tha...

Three days before supporters of President Donald Trump rioted at the US Capitol, the Pentagon asked the police if they needed National Guard manpower. The offer of FBI agents was also turned down. ...

A young girl on holiday with her family in Tasmania dies after falling 10 metres down a cliff on the island's south-east coast.

The Federal Government's decision to slash return traveller caps will reduce the strain on Australia's quarantine system but will give way to skyrocketing flight prices and many ticket cancellations. Here's what you need...

The latest coronavirus outbreaks in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland have prompted border closures and restrictions in other states and territories. If you're wondering where you can travel now, we've got you cov...

Matthew Wade's dismissal wrought carnage upon the Australian innings, highlighting his obsolete status as a temporary solution to a problem that no longer exists, writes Russell Jackson.

Back on the home turf, Steve Smith gets back to his best in the third Test, powering to century after lunch. But ABC Sport's Trent Copeland has some inside knowledge on some of his stranger habits. ...

The Australian wool industry remains unscathed from trade tensions with China, with imports increasing by 5 per cent.

Western Australia's swift response to a case of the mutant UK COVID-19 strain in Queensland frustrates thousands of travellers arriving at Perth Airport.

The WA Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by a well-known Pilbara pastoralist over a horrific crash three years ago, which killed two people.

Ambulance Tasmania's paging system records back to last November have been exposed to the internet with details — including a patient's HIV status — on display via a website.

Brisbane tourists holidaying in Byron Bay begin their homeward journey hours before their three-day lockdown starts.

US Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resign quit, joining a growing list of aides leaving President Donald Trump's administration.

If the Government's ultimate target is to still vaccinate a minimum 80 per cent of us by October, time will be tight, writes Mary-Louise McLaws.

A study finds treating critically ill COVID-19 patients with Roche's Actemra or Sanofi's Kevzara arthritis drugs significantly improves survival rates and reduces the amount of time patients need intensive care. ...

A damaged vessel is banned from Australia's ports for two years after a finding that the lives of seafarers on board, and the marine environment, were put at risk.

An emergency warning for a bushfire burning in the shires of Gingin and Dandaragan is downgraded to a watch and act, but hot and windy conditions are still testing containment lines.

The pandemic has brought on a property boom for surf towns as cashed-up city dwellers make a sea change. But while that is great for house prices, it has created a nightmare for some renters.

NSW records four new locally acquired coronavirus infections as travellers from Brisbane in NSW are told to self-isolate until Monday evening. The NSW Government also confirms the northern beaches lockdown will end at 12...

Notorious Islamic extremist Abu Bakar Bashir is released from an Indonesian prison and his lawyer says the cleric will continue to teach his Muslim faith for "as long as he still breathes".

New research says hundreds of islands in the Pacific are growing in land size, even as climate change-related sea level rises threaten the region.